This image purporting to show Abu Hurayra al-Amriki has been circling on extremist websites. (Via Haaretz)

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We still know precious little about "Abu Hurayra al-Amriki," the American suicide bomber who reportedly blew himself up in Syria last weekend, but two US officials tell CNN that the man was indeed a US citizen who was raised and educated in Florida. They would not however reveal his real name, saying that investigators are still talking with his family. The attack is alarming for US intelligence, which has long worried that Americans fighting in Syria could be training to commit acts of terror at home.

The New York Times managed to interview two self-proclaimed Westerners fighting in Syria, one of whom might be American. Both were critical of the West's failure to stop the killing in Syria, and both shared the broader goal of establishing a caliphate ruled by Sharia law. "I saw our brothers in Afghanistan, and I realized that there is something very wrong that is happening in society," one says. "I had to do something about it."

Not all Muslims are terrrorists but all terrorists are Muslims, that's why they can't be trusted.

loginssuck

May 31, 2014 9:32 AM CDT

and by the photo we can tell he was a cat lover. Clearly double the evil.

Dave0

May 31, 2014 7:59 AM CDT

'Rebel sources say they believe the man was of Palestinian descent. US officials believe at least 70 Americans have traveled to Syria to fight the Assad regime, and federal authorities have created a special team of analysts to make sure they don't return home undetected.' ...I hope that 'special team of analysts' stays on top of this, and keeps these nut jobs from coming back to the US! All the more reasons to have tighter border controls!